Recently, my wife and I - together with our daughter, and my sister - were able to successfully navigate the unnecessarily and expensive process of purchasing a townhouse. The fact that it took three adults, all working stable full-time jobs, plus a not insignificant inheritance from the estate of a deceased relative, as well as secondary inheritance from a non-deceased family member to accomplish this feat really speaks volumes about the process today. Housing prices in Vancouver (well, most North American cities really) are complete and utter bullshit. But that’s another topic, which could easily be its own rambling angry rant of a blog post. For Crystal and I (and by proxy our kid) moving out of the oversize shoe box we previously called home has been absolutely life changing.